Thursday, June 2, 2022

John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03). Other films include the Cannon productions Sahara (1983), Sword of the Valiant (1984), King Solomon's Mines (1985), Firewalker (1985) as well as the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

I met Mr Rhys-Davies at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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Claudia Wells

Claudia Grace Wells (born in 5 July 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is an American actress and businesswoman, best known for her role as Jennifer Parker in the film Back to the Future (1985).

I met Claudia at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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Alex Vincent

Alexander Vincent LoScialpo (born 29 April 1981 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an American actor, writer and sound engineer. He is known for his role as Andy Barclay in the Child's Play franchise, having played the character in Child's Play (1988), Child's Play 2 (1990), Curse of Chucky (2013), Cult of Chucky (2017) and again for the Syfy/USA Network television series Chucky (2021).

I met Alex at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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Peter Weller

Peter Frederick Weller (born 24 June 1947 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA) is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian, who is probably best known for portraying the title character in RoboCop (1987) and its sequel RoboCop 2 (1990).

Other films include Shakedown (a.k.a. Blue Jean Cop, 1988), Leviathan (1989), Naked Lunch (1991), Screamers (1995), Ivans Xtc (2000), The Order (2003), Dragon Eyes (2012), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also had recurring roles in the television series 24 (2006), Dexter (2010), and Sons of Anarchy (2013-14).

I met Peter Weller at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Trina Parks

Trina Parks (born Trina Frazier; 26 December 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor. She is best known for her rather iconic role of Thumper in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Trina signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Laura Summer

Laura Summer (born 5 November 1965 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress. voice actress and producer. Her credits include the voice of Janine Melnitz in the cartoon television series The Real Ghostbusters (1986-87), a small part ('receptionis') in the comedy She's Out of Control (1989) and the role of Judy in the slasher flick Girls Nite Out (1982).

I met Laura at Ecto-Con Glasgow, a convention dedicated solely to Ghostbusters, on 7th May 2022. She signed an 8x10 from The Real Ghostbusters for me. She also had a region 1 dvd of She's Out of Control, a film that was not released on dvd in region 2. It received terrible reviews when it was first released in theatres but I have fond memories of watching it as a teenager.

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On-stage interview at Ecto-Con

Monday, March 7, 2022

Loren Avedon

Loren Avedon (born 30 July 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor and martial artist. I know him for his roles of Scott Wylde in No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987), Will Alexander in No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), and Jake Donahue in The King of the Kickboxers (1990).

I sent the Germany lobby cards of No Retreat, No Surrender 3 (confusingly called Kick-Boxer 2: Blood Brothers in Germany) to Loren through the mail in September 2015 and he kindly returned all three of them signed.

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Also signed by Keith Vitali